Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13236, SC1/series 231, Petition of James Knight

Petition subject: To allow access to courts Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381175 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Salem Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Whiting Griswold, Franklin; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:James KnightGardner RiceCharles A. PerryWilliam CogswellRobert Cook Actions taken on dates: 1851-04-18 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on April 18, 1851 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 9 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 9 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters of the town of New Salem Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: believing the denial of access to the courts of justice of the commonwealth to any citizens of the United States an infringement of their rights and liberties Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1851, Docket 13236 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.